The Big Tech Show: How hackers bypass fingerprint readers on phones
JJ Clarke, producer, joins host Adrian on this week's episode of The Big Tech Show.
The tech editor began by discussing a report by the pan-European Policing Authority Europol which has joined other IT security organizations in warning that biometric systems like fingerprints and facial recognition scanners are being bypassed by criminals. The reason this has garnered so much interest is because so many users access their phones through their fingerprints and facial scanning.
You can listen to the full episode here on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts.
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